Electric power system and control method thereof

• US 10,411,474 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2017
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Company Limited (Delta Electronics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Company Limited (Delta Electronics Incorporated)
• Inventors: Wang, Changyong, Lu, Fei
• Primary Examiner(s): Amrany, Adi
• Application Number:
  US15/410,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20170250538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 307 44- 46, 307 64, 307 66
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0068 Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply H02J7/0013 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/158 including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 5/4585 having a rectifier with controlled elements
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/217 using semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/537 using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/08 with pulse width modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 7/00 Arrangements for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of electric DC motors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers

Abstract

An electric power system includes a variable-frequency drive and a control module. The variable-frequency drive includes a first power converter, a second power converter and at least one energy storage module. The first power converter is connected between a DC bus and a power terminal. Moreover, electric energy is transferred between the first power converter and the power terminal at a first power. The second power converter is connected between the DC bus and an electric/kinetic energy conversion device. Moreover, electric energy is transferred between the second power converter and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device at a second power. As the second power is dynamically changed, the control module controls a charge/discharge operation of the at least one energy storage module. As a consequence, the operational change of the electric/kinetic energy conversion device is reversely compensated.

Claims

1. An electric power system for converting and transferring electric energy between an electric/kinetic energy conversion device and a power terminal, the electric power system comprising:

a variable-frequency drive comprising;

a first power converter connected between a DC bus and the power terminal, wherein electric energy is transferred between the first power converter and the power terminal at a first power;

a second power converter connected between the DC bus and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device, wherein electric energy is transferred between the second power converter and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device at a second power, wherein the second power is dynamically changed in response to an operational change of the electric/kinetic energy conversion device; and

at least one energy storage module connected with the DC bus; and

a control module connected with the variable-frequency drive and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device;

wherein the control module comprises;

a spectral computing unit performing a spectral decomposition on the second power so that a spectral sequence of the second power is acquired;

a filter filtering off the spectral sequence, thereby acquiring a compensated power in a high frequency range;

a current computing unit connected with the filter, wherein according to a battery voltage of the energy storage module and the compensated power, the current computing unit calculates a reference current;

a comparing unit connected with the current computing unit, wherein by comparing the reference current with a real current of the energy storage module, the comparing unit outputs a comparing result; and

an adjusting unit connected with the comparing unit, wherein according to the comparing result, the adjusting unit controls operations of the energy storage module and adjusts the real current of the energy storage module.

2. The electric power system according to claim 1, wherein the energy storage module comprises a charge/discharge circuit and an energy storage element, wherein the charge/discharge circuit is connected with the energy storage element and the control module, and the control module controls the charge/discharge circuit to selectively charge electric energy into the energy storage element or discharge electric energy from the energy storage element.

3. The electric power system according to claim 2, wherein the spectral computing unit is connected with the variable-frequency drive, wherein according to plural parameters of the variable-frequency drive, the spectral computing unit calculates the second power between the second power converter and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device, and the filter which is a high pass filter is connected with the spectral computing unit for filtering off a low frequency component of the spectral sequence, thereby acquiring the compensated power in the high frequency range.

4. The electric power system according to claim 2, wherein the at least one energy storage module comprises a first energy storage module and a second energy storage module, and an energy storage element of the first energy storage module and an energy storage element of the second energy storage module have different characteristics.

5. The electric power system according to claim 4, wherein the control module comprises an energy storage controller, and the energy storage controller comprises:

a spectral computing unit connected with the variable-frequency drive, wherein according to plural parameters of the variable-frequency drive, the spectral computing unit calculates the second power between the second power converter and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device, wherein after the spectral computing unit performs a spectral decomposition on the second power, a spectral sequence of the second power is acquired;

a first high pass filter connected with the spectral computing unit for filtering off a first low frequency component of the spectral sequence, thereby acquiring a first compensated power in a first high frequency range;

a second high pass filter connected with the spectral computing unit for filtering off a second low frequency component of the spectral sequence, thereby acquiring a second compensated power in a second high frequency range, wherein a bandwidth of the first high pass filter and a bandwidth of the second high pass filter are different, and the first high frequency range of the first compensated power and the second high frequency range of the second compensated power are different;

a differential comparator, wherein a non-inverted input terminal of the differential comparator is connected with the second high pass filter, and an inverted input terminal of the differential comparator is connected with the first high pass filter, wherein by comparing the first compensated power with the second compensated power, the differential comparator outputs a differential power;

a first current computing unit connected with the first high pass filter, wherein according to a first battery voltage of the energy storage element of the first energy storage module and the first compensated power, the first current computing unit calculates a first reference current;

a second current computing unit connected with the differential comparator, wherein according to a second battery voltage of the energy storage element of the second energy storage module and the differential power, the second current computing unit calculates a second reference current;

a first comparing unit connected with the first current computing unit, wherein by comparing the first reference current with a first real current of the energy storage element of the first energy storage module, the first comparing unit outputs a first comparing result;

a second comparing unit connected with the second current computing unit, wherein by comparing the second reference current with a second real current of the energy storage element of the second energy storage module, the second comparing unit outputs a second comparing result;

a first adjusting unit connected with the first comparing unit, wherein according to the first comparing result, the first adjusting unit controls operations of the first energy storage module and adjusts the first real current of the energy storage element of the first energy storage module; and

a second adjusting unit connected with the second comparing unit, wherein according to the second comparing result, the second adjusting unit controls operations of the second energy storage module and adjusts the second real current of the energy storage element of the second energy storage module.

6. The electric power system according to claim 2, wherein the spectral computing unit is connected with the variable-frequency drive, wherein according to plural parameters of the variable-frequency drive, the spectral computing unit calculates the second power between the second power converter and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device, and the filter comprises a low pass filter and a subtractor, wherein the low pass filter is connected with the spectral computing unit for filtering off a high frequency component of the spectral sequence, thereby acquiring a transition power in a low frequency range, and the subtractor is connected with the low pass filter, wherein after the transition power is subtracted from the second power by the subtractor, the compensated power in the high frequency range is acquired.

7. The electric power system according to claim 1, wherein the electric power system is installed on a ship, the electric/kinetic energy conversion device is an inductive load, and the power terminal is a power generator, wherein the first power is an input power provided by the power generator, and the first power converter is a rectifier circuit for rectifying an AC input energy corresponding to the input power and outputting a DC energy to the DC bus, wherein the second power is an output power from the variable-frequency drive, and the second power converter is an inverter circuit for converting the DC energy into an AC output energy corresponding to the second power and outputting the AC output energy to the inductive load.

8. The electric power system according to claim 7, wherein the power generator is a three-phase AC power generator, and the electric power system further comprises a distribution board, wherein the distribution board is connected between the rectifier circuit and the variable-frequency drive, and electric energy from the power generator is distributed by the distribution board.

9. The electric power system according to claim 7, wherein the second power is acquired according to plural parameters of the variable-frequency drive, wherein the plural parameters contain an output current and an output voltage that are outputted from the variable-frequency drive.

10. The electric power system according to claim 7, wherein when the inductive load is operated in an electric motor mode and a load power of the inductive load is lower than the input power, the electric energy from the power generator charges the energy storage module under control of the control module.

11. The electric power system according to claim 7, wherein when the inductive load is operated in an electric motor mode and a load power of the inductive load is higher than the input power in response to a dynamic change of the inductive load, the control module controls the energy storage module to discharge electricity to compensate a difference between the load power and the input power.

12. The electric power system according to claim 7, wherein when the inductive load is operated in a power generation mode, the electric energy from the inductive load is released to the DC bus to charge the energy storage module under control of the control module.

13. The electric power system according to claim 7, wherein when the power generator is disabled, the control module controls the energy storage module to discharge electricity, and a load power of the inductive load is completely provided by the energy storage module.

14. The electric power system according to claim 1, wherein the electric power system is installed in a photovoltaic power generation apparatus, the electric/kinetic energy conversion device is a photovoltaic power generator, and the power terminal is a power grid, wherein the second power is an input power provided by the photovoltaic power generator, and the second power converter is a DC/DC converter for transforming a DC input energy corresponding to the input power and outputting a transition DC energy, wherein the first power is an output power from the variable-frequency drive, and the first power converter is an inverter circuit for converting the transition DC energy into an AC output energy corresponding to the first power, so that the AC output energy corresponding to the first power is transmitted to the power grid.

15. The electric power system according to claim 1, wherein the electric power system is installed in a wind power generation apparatus, the electric/kinetic energy conversion device is a wind power generator, and the power terminal is a power grid, wherein the second power is an input power provided by the wind power generator, and the second power converter is a rectifier circuit for rectifying an AC input energy corresponding to the input power and outputting a transition DC energy, wherein the first power is an output power from the variable-frequency drive, and the first power converter is an inverter circuit for converting the transition DC energy into an AC output energy corresponding to the first power, so that the AC output energy corresponding to the first power is transmitted to the power grid.

16. The electric power system according to claim 15, wherein the second power is acquired according to plural parameters of the variable-frequency drive, wherein the plural parameters contain an input current and an input voltage that are inputted from the wind power generator to the variable-frequency drive.

17. A control method of an electric power system, the electric power system being connected between an electric/kinetic energy conversion device and a power terminal, the electric power system comprising a variable-frequency drive and a control module, the control module controlling a charge/discharge operation of an energy storage module of the variable-frequency drive, electric energy being transferred between the electric power system and the power terminal at a first power, electric energy being transferred between the electric power system and the electric/kinetic energy conversion device at a second power, the second power being dynamically changed in response to an operational change of the electric/kinetic energy conversion device, the control method comprising steps of:

(a) calculating the second power according to plural parameters of the variable-frequency drive, and performing a spectral decomposition on the second power to acquire a spectral sequence of the second power;

(b) filtering the spectral sequence to acquire a compensated power in a specified frequency range; and

(c) the control module using the compensated power to control a charge/discharge operation of the energy storage module according to a dynamic change of the second power, thereby compensating the operational change of the electric/kinetic energy conversion device and reducing an influence of the operational change of the electric/kinetic energy conversion device on the first power.

18. The control method according to claim 17, wherein the step (c) further comprises sub-steps of:

(c1) calculating a reference current according to a battery voltage of a energy storage element of the energy storage module and the compensated power;

(c2) comparing the reference current with a real current of the energy storage element, thereby outputting a comparing result; and

(c3) the control module controlling operations of the energy storage module and adjusting the real current of the energy storage element according to the comparing result, so that the operational change of the electric/kinetic energy conversion device is reversely compensated by the energy storage module.

19. The control method according to claim 17, wherein in the step (b), a low frequency component of the spectral sequence is filtered off, so that the compensated power in the specified frequency range is acquired, wherein the specified frequency range is a high frequency range.

20. The control method according to claim 17, wherein the step (b) further comprises sub-steps of:

(b1) filtering off a high frequency component of the spectral sequence, so that a transition power in a low frequency range is acquired; and

(b2) subtracting the transition power from the second power, so that the compensated power in the specified frequency range is acquired, wherein the specified frequency range is a high frequency range.

21. The control method according to claim 17, wherein the control module controls a charge/discharge operation of the energy storage module according to the operational change of the electric/kinetic energy conversion device, so that a smooth control of the first power is realized.